Weekly notes on Arabic–English academic translation, terminology, scholarly editing and the verification of classical Arabic manuscripts.https://mshatela.com/en-gb© 2026 Mohammad Shatilamshtailo@hotmail.com (Mohammad Shatila)https://mshatela.com/blog/manuscript-science-digital-humanities/https://mshatela.com/blog/manuscript-science-digital-humanities/Digital codicology does not replace the philologist's eye; it removes the travel, the waiting and the transcription drudgery that used to consume most of a critical edition's budget.Sat, 01 Mar 2025 00:00:00 GMTManuscript ScienceManuscript StudiesDigital HumanitiesCodicologyHeritage Preservationmshtailo@hotmail.comhttps://mshatela.com/blog/translating-political-memoirs/https://mshatela.com/blog/translating-political-memoirs/The hardest problem in translating Arab political memoirs is not vocabulary but chronology: a word like qawmiyya carried a different charge in 1958 than it does today, and a modern English equivalent silently backdates the argument.Sat, 15 Feb 2025 00:00:00 GMTTranslation StudiesTranslationPolitical MemoirsMiddle East StudiesMethodologymshtailo@hotmail.com